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The brilliance of Michelle Obama's address was in the delivery, not the substance. This was the first intimate speech I have heard in 60 years of convention-listening. The first intimate speech in convention history? Watching on TV last night, if I had blanked out the hall, the faces, the cheers, I would have simply heard half of a conversation. Remarkable.

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